The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-30
Specaa! correspondence Of the d0Ed Leaf.
NEW YORK, June "a, 1881

CopOftIeC''CN ~
NEW YORK, June "a, 1887.
IF authorship to some means only
bare livelihood, and even that secured
only after a struggle, to others 1t GER
/ tainly has a brighter and more lucra-
tive significance. 1t was authorlta-
lively stated few days since that the
manuscript of the new story by Miss
Marietta Holley CJosiah Aliens
( Wife"D, entitled "Samantha at Sara
toga," brought that author the very
comfortable sum of SII,ooo-thls
sum representing only the remunera-
ton for right of exclusive publication.
In addition to this, the author IS yet
to receive a generous royalty on all
copies of the book sold beyond a stated
number For the manuscript OF an
other story of similar character, only
ne-third of which is yet written, Miss
Holley has two offers of S. 900 each.
The author of this remuneratiHe WORK
is lady Of middle age, with almost
her whole caree. fore her. At pres
ent she is oC,upyln5 the most comfort
able quarters in one OF New YORK 5
fashionable hotels-Park Avenue Hotel.
In a few days she will go to her summer
home at Adams, in Jefferson county,
n. Y, and mex winter will make her
permanent home either in New York
city or in Washington. in appearance
Tlf.1SInU Her
height is medium, her features regular,
her hair of 9 dark brown shade, her
large gray eyes being perhaps the
most striking part of her appearance.
! All her work is done by her own hand,
and she employs neither copylst nor
stenographer. Her stories come freely,
and are written rapidly and easily.
Miss Holley is farmers daughter,
and from her early associations she
gathered much of the quaint material
that is found in her books. Her sto-
ries all enjoy a remarkable popularity
: and thousands of copies are printed
for a first edition.
In a letter living before me, Miss
Hoiley informs me, that her future
literary Intentions are a volume o.
poems to be brought out next tal
through Messrs. Funk q WagnallS, the
publishers of her ''Sweet Cicely." II
regard to "Miss Jones Quilting pub
lished recently by J. S. Ogilvie & Co.
and which has. been credited to her lit
erary production, she has the following
to say: 81 regret very much the ne
cessity that compels me to draw the
attention of the public to fact whlcl
my friends think ought to be known
"There is a book largely noticed b,
the press as having been written b,
me, called Miss Jones Quilting,
and having upon the title page tn
imprint Of Mr.. Ogilvie as publisher
and nv name as author.
"The facts of the case are as follows
:, OF the zoo pages making up that book
i less than twelve pages were written b.
me. The little sketch commencln!
the volume, the name OF which ha
been gwen to the book, | wrote year
: ago and sold to a Philadelphia maga
zine. Mr.. Ogilvie says that he pur
chased from some person IN Phlladel
phia the right to reprint this sketch.
.As to the other stories making u
over 1914 of the 200 pages OF the BOOK
:. | not only did not write them myself
but have no idea who did write then
never saw nor heard of them until
saw it asserted in the press notices
the book that they were written by m'
= $50 | think the public will agree wit
me that it is only a matter of justice
have the truth known.
N "MARIETTA HOLLEY
RS {" Josiah Aliens Wife. y
Not to be outdone in its special tlel
of news, the Critic has been at tt
pains of ascertaining the ':summt
plans" of a large number of our prom
lnent literary workers, and has set fort
70 the information obtained in two su'
ID Cessive numbers of the journal. III
's items cover altogether between tol
=, ~ and five pages, arl shall only repro
re QuCC lew Wh}EN SSElti ~ iiC vi SlNa
'e est interest. Mrs. Frances Hodgso
,e Burnett has gone to Europe for tt
summer, and Mrs. Louise Chandl'
Moulton has done likewise. Mr.. Bel
son ]. Losing proposes to stay
home this year at Chestnut Ridge,
Dutchess county, and employ his lei
ure in completing history of II
Empire State. Other "stay homes
will be Sarah Orne Jewett, who reSid
!, at South Berwick, Me; Elizabe'
y Stuart Phelps, whose residence is
East Gloucester, Mass. Frank
% Stockton, at Madison, n. J.; Ro
Terry Cooke, at Winsted, Conn